water

Levingston Shipbuilding Company
has launched the Dixilyn-
Field 87 (shown above) at its
shipyard in Orange, Texas. The
triangular shaped, Levingston designed
Class 111-C jackup drilling
rig is 200 feet by 186 feet by
23 feet.
When this self-elevating drilling
platform is completed,

Marathon Manufacturing Company's Republic
of Singapore shipyard has been
awarded a contract from Brunei Shell Petroleum
Company, Ltd. to construct a
4,850-dwt all-weather, nonpropelled drilling
tender. The new unit is a sistership to the
drilling

Holding on to its 128-year -dam tradition, Holland
America unveiled two new additions to its fleet — tns
Zuiderdam and ms Oosterdam — at the Seatrade
Cruise Shipping Convention. Measuring 951 ft. (289.8
m) each, the duo, which will mark the beginning of the
five-ship Vista Class Series,

Crowley Maritime's Red & White
Fleet recently took delivery of a new
86-foot catamaran intended for passenger
service between San Francisco
and San Pablo Bay. The 400-passenger
commuter vessel Dolphin
was christened at the fitting-out
yard of Nichols Brothers Boat
Builders, Inc.

Largest Ever Gastech Exhibition Will Feature New
Technologies In Gas Carrier Design And Offshore Terminals
—Speakers Include Middle East Producers And U.S. Importers
More than 1,000 delegates are
now expected to attend Gastech
78 in Monaco on November 7-10,
1978.

The Forney Engineering Company,
Carrollton, Texas, is offering a
free, full-color brochure on their
new AFS-1000 control system.
The three-hole binder publication
offers several color photographs of
the AFS-1000 and its components,
along with clear, concise explanatory
text.

With the high cost of energy it
has become more important than
ever to clean tubes in condensers
and heat exchangers on a regular
schedule. Goodway Tools Corporation
has developed the Ream-
A-Matic machine f e a t u r i n g an
electric motor that

A new six-page four-color illustrated
brochure titled "Treasure
Islands" is now available from
Marathon LeTourneau Offshore
Company, the leading designer
and manufacturer of mobile selfelevating,
offshore drilling rigs.
The brochure gives specifications
of